A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.

William Powell
as Donald Free

Margaret Lindsay
as Janet Reynolds

Arthur Hohl
as Dan Hogan

Ruth Donnelly
as Amy Moran

Gordon Westcott
as Tony Bandor

Natalie Moorhead
as Helen Burns

James Bell
as Whitey

Hobart Cavanaugh
as Harcourt S. Burns

Irving Bacon
as Cab Driver

Arthur Byron
as Tracey (Uncredited)
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They used to say that in the end, Samuel Goldwyn couldn't get arrested in Hollywood. Well the same is true here for "Donald Free" (William Powell). His government career went down in flames and now he can't get a job for love nor money. Until, that is, he alights on the dodgy "Peerless" detective ag...